School board: Teacher shot by 1st grader in class suffered ‘workplace injury,’ wants $40M claim tossed

The Newport News School Board in Virginia, has claimed in a recent court filing that Abigail Zwerner, a first-grade teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old boy as she taught her class at Richneck Elementary School suffered a “workplace injury” and should file a worker’s compensation claim for her injuries instead of a pending $40 million lawsuit.